The Bizarre Adventures of Doctor Who

A Train to Catch Pt. 5

If you told Theodore that at one point, the Cybermen disregard him as nothing more than a mere presence, going far as treating him as an unwanted telemarketer, he would've never believed you, but here he was, treated without care by the pair of Cybermen that didn't seem at all concerned or interested in him being here at the same time, at most, they saw him as an annoyance, like a fly, but nothing of importance.

The nerve!

The pair of Cybermen wanted nothing to do with him and he was standing close to them that they'd have a good shot at him, but instead they just looked at him as nothing, nothing!

Even Daleks would've bothered trying to kill him, a little.

"We have no quarry with you," the Cybermen tells him in its guttural robotic voice, it almost sounded like it told him in a tone of someone who wants to leave and has no interest conversing any longer.

Exhaling sharply as he's brushed off by the pair of Cybermen, Theodore agitatedly asked them, "Could you at least tell me, why are you lot doing here, it's not like I mattered in the grand scheme of things, else you should've zapped me by now?"

He then reminded the Cybermen that there's passengers aboard the train and that he has them to consider, that the Cybermen presence would've rightfully alarmed them, and cause panic, which would risk the Cybermen's operation.

Especially, if they plan on blowing the train up, after obtaining whatever they're after.

The Cybermen grew quiet, probably contacting the Prime, wanting its opinion on the matter, as always, and Theodore waited with his large hands stuffed in his stitched pockets, his icy blue eyes narrowed on the pair, aggravated that his reputation didn't warrant so much as a threat.

It should say something when Theodore's practically begging the Cybermen into reacting at his appearance with something he's more familiar with, but the Cybermen never gave him so much as a shot from their arm canons.

Something must've happened, the Cybermen grew concerned with the silent commands by the Prime, and promptly ignored Theodore, disappearing through the doorway, leaving him alone, an exasperated look on his face and he felt the disregard in his very being.

"At least you could've threatened to delete me!" Theodore called out to them, annoyed.

Well, they're nonviolent, so that's something, and he learnt as little as he did in one of Hammond's meetings, that Theodore had to delve into the mystery as a detective, only instead of a magnifying glass, he had his modified Sonic Screwdriver.

Returning to the table the first Cyberman scanned, Theodore scanned it with his Sonic Screwdriver, and he found there's unusual contact traces, the Sonic Screwdriver couldn't give him specifics, but it's enough.

Reaching out to Al, Theodore tried to tell him what he discovered, but Al wasn't responding, and he's trying to get into contact with Lila, but she wasn't responding, either.

Instantly, Theodore ran through the train, tracking Al with the Sonic Screwdriver.

Following the Sonic Screwdriver, Theodore tracked Al, as he did, he heard the familiar sound of gunfire, and both his hearts went into overdrive as he ran, his mind racing with panicked thoughts.

He's stopped short of where the Sonic Screwdriver whirled, indicating Al's presence's not far from him, by the two Cybermen he met, accompanied by two more, prepared to go into the cargo hold of the train armed, and ready to fire.

"It cannot escape, again," droned one of the Cybermen.

The second Cyberman responded, "It will be deleted!"